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March 2020. Gina Gray returns to the Lake District to share COVID isolation with her oldest friend, Eve. They are joined by Gina’s teenage granddaughter, Freda, who is finding her own home too crowded for comfort.
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March 2020. Gina Gray returns to the Lake District to share COVID isolation with her oldest friend, Eve. They are joined by Gina’s teenage granddaughter, Freda, who is finding her own home too crowded for comfort.
Locked down in the countryside, Gina is not expecting murder or mystery, but life without drama and challenges doesn’t suit her and knitting, baking and creativity with home-grown vegetables soon lose their appeal. Very soon she manages to find mysteries both at home and further afield.
Why did Eve really invite her here? What is going on with the strange couple whose garden backs on to theirs? What has happened to the cat? Why is Freda being so secretive about her history project? Most importantly, who murdered a teenage girl on a riverbank in an upmarket London suburb, and how can Detective Superintendent David Scott possibly track down the killer without Gina's help?
Told in three narrative voices – Gina’s, Freda’s and David Scott’s – Chronicles of the Time explores these interlocking mysteries against a background of personal tensions and strained relationships in the strangest of times – the lockdown months.
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Three separate narrators really works here - they each bring such fascinating perspectives and getting to know each of them is an added bonus to a strong plot line. The COVID context is an interesting new angle amd the author manages to spin a great tale within the confines of a locked down world. Original review: https://www.netgalley.co.uk/book/235759/review/700299
I found this book to be interesting. I wondered if I would like the way the narrative is delivered in three voices, but I got so invested in the story and how the author explains things that I didn't even care. This is a really good book and this author is on my follow list on Amazon. Thank you to Matador, NetGalley and the author for allowing me an early peek at this wonderful book Original review: https://www.netgalley.com/book/235759/review/256629
I found this book to be interesting. I wondered if I would like the way the narrative is delivered in three voices, but I got so invested in the story and how the author explains things that I didn't even care. This is a really good book and this author is on my follow list on Amazon. Thank you to Matador and the author for allowing me an early peek at this wonderful book
First I want to say.... I loved Freedman's "Where Everything Seems Double".. Waa released January 2021 If you haven't read that one yet to read it now! Such a great story. Now about Chronicles of the Time.... two things caught my attention here: 1. Penny Freedman 2. The description Ever since the Pandemic started I've been so interested in books with Covid 19 settings. And this one delivered everything I was anticipating here. This mystery held my attention from first page to the last. The characters are a great cast and deftly drawn. I found this story drew me in immediately. I really enjoyed the writing style. Overall a good, fun, quick story I hope others enjoy as well! Original review: https://www.netgalley.co.uk/book/235759/review/680240
